Pool-ball frame.



,F. E. CHASE. POOL BALL FRAME. AlPLIOATIONTILED MAR 9, 1912 1,052A61.Patented Feb. 11,1913.

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FRANK E. crusts,

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YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH T0 JAMES H. MUNDIE, OF NORTH TONAWANDA, NEWYORK. I I

I POOL-BALL FRAME.

. Specification: of Letters ratent.

Patented Feb. 11.1913.

- Application med Marc 119.1912. Serial No. 682,604.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I; FRANK- E. CHASE, a

States, residing'at Tonawanda, in the countyofErie and New York, haveinventedfinew and useful Improvements in PoolnBall Frames, of whichthefollowing is a specification. i This invention relates to'a frame/ortriangle for setting u'pthe balls on a pool table.

As heretofore constructed these fr ames or:

triangles werep'rovided with a ball receivwhioh'was somewhat largerthanthe pyramid ofballs intended to be laced within he frame and the innersides of the walls "or bars of these frames wereusuallyvertical. frameofthis construction does not-permit of reliably setting upthe balls sothat they-bear firmly against each oth r'in'a manner commonlyknownasalso diiiidult to removefrozen and it is the frame from the balls afterthey are set up. without disturbing them, thereby preventing a playerfrom getting the full benefit of. his skill.

wide a pool ball frame or It" is the object of invention to pro-'triangle' of simple "I and inexpensive CtOIlStIllCtlOIL which permitsof quickly Iandha'ccurately setting up the line 2.-2, Fig. 1..

balls onlthe table so that they are always frozen'tight against eachother and which avoids the frame after the balls have been set up. n

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is. a top plan view of a poolball frame or triangle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 IS 'a verticaltransverse section thereof-taken in Fig. 3 is a vertical section,

onan enlarged scale, taken in line 3-3, Similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts throughoutth'e several views.

. In its general organization'the' frame or triangle is like that now incommon use an comprises two forwardly converging side bars 1, 1 whichare rigidly connected at their front ends and a rear cross bar .2 whichis rigidly connected at its opposite ends with the rear ends of the sidebars so as to form a rigid triangle.

Arranged transversely within the triangular space or opening of theframe and lengthwise in front of the rear cross bar thereof is afollower or presser bar 3 where- I State of l the frame, a horizontalliability of'disturbing the ballsd "and all the balls are caused 'by thepyramid or .body of balls may be pushed forwardly or toward the sidebars and caused to bear firmly or freeze together. pivot'ally connectedwith the rear cross bar against each other. This follower is of theframe sothat the same' canswing in a vertical plane, The .preferredmeans for this purpose consists of two pairs of hinges 4 secured to thelower edges of the rear cross 1 bar of the frame and the follower,leaving the upper edge of the latter free to move forwardly and theframe.

The follower 1s yieldingly held in its re-' tracted or inoperativeposition against the front side of the rear cross bar for which purposevarious means may be' usedbut those shown in the drawings are preandcomprise horizontal opening 5 formed in the central part of the rearcross bar of the follower and coinciding with'the opening in the rearcross bar, and a spring 7 arranged in said openings and connected attheir opposite ends, respectively, with the rear cross bar and thefollower.

motion between the spring and the folinto the follower and end of thespring, and the connection between this spring and the cross barpreferably comprises a cap 9 which is inserted in the outer end springis attached. Normally the follower it vertical position, as shown inFigs. 1 and '3. 'After the balls have-been placed upon the table withinthe the-free upper edge of the follower forwardly and into engagementwith the rearmost row of balls so that the entire body of balls iscrowded or pushed forwardlyinto the forwardly tapering space of theframe to engage firmly against each other. In order to permit theoperator to thus push the follower forwardly the upper edge of the sameprojects a sufficient distance above the upper edge of therear crossbar, as shown at 11 in Figs. 2 and 3, so as to enable the operator whileholding the frame at its opposite rear cornersby both hands to engagethe thumbs of the hands with the upper edge of the folframe the operatorpushes backwardly lengthwise of ferred opening '6' formed in so Theconlower preferably consists of a nail 8 driven receiving the inner ofthe outer opening and having aneye 10 'to which the outer end of the yin its retracted lower and push the same forwardly into the 1 30 of thesidebars are beveled so that the op-- posing inner faces of the two sidebars di-.

position shown by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3, After the follower hasbeen thus pushed forwardly the sairi is released and permitted to swingback into its normal position from the rearmost row of balls to the 7midway of their height.-

of pool hall 'Here'tofore the inner sides," faces or walls frames haveusually been made Q vertical which is objectionable inasmuch as.tionally by the inner sides and disturbed or displaced when liftingsuch a frame from the table with the'balls afterthe latter have been setup the same are liable to be engaged fricof the side bars slightly sothat they do not engage one another pro erly and thereby prevent a layerfromgetting the full benefit of his stilL.

In order to avoid disturbing the balls 7 while lifting the frame afterthe ballsha-v'e been set up, the inner sides, faces orwalls 12 vergedownwardly, as shown in Fig. 2. By this means the two sidebars onlyengage with the outer rows of balls at'the upper inner corners of the'side-bars'and when lifting this frame subsequent to setting-up theballs the frame clears itself from the balls 4 "owing re the gradualdownward enlargement or flare'of the opening within the frame, wherebythe frame is retained out of contact with the balls and displacement ofthe latter at this time is. avoided.

This construction of pool ball frame is very simple and comparativelyinexpensive, the same can be very easily manlpulated I and as there areno parts which project out I and I with a horizontal no l ability ofinterference with the ballpI'eSSlng device and the frame can be storedaway as compactly as the frames now in common use.

I claim as my invention: 1. A rigid its bars arranged to extend-belowthe, top

of the balls frame and resting on the table, and a follower arrangedadjacent to the inner side of one of the-frame'bars and pivotallyconnected therewith soas to be. capable vof swinging vertically.

2. A rigid its bars arranged to extend belowthe top of of the ballswhile. the latter are within the frame and resting. on the table, afollower arranged adjacent'to the inner side of one of the frame barsand pivotally connected therewith so asto be capable of swingingvertically, and a lower yieldingly in. its retracted position.

' 3. A pool ball frame comprising side bars a rear bar and a followerarranged transversely within the frame and in front of the rear bar andpivotally connected at itslower edge with the lower edge of said rearbar so as to swing vertically.

4. A poolball frame comprising two forbar provided w' h a horizontal oening, a follower'a'rrang transversely within the frame in front ofthecross bar and provided opening in line with the opening of said crossbar, hinges connecting the lower edges of the cross bar and follower,and a sprin arranged in said openings and connected with-saidi cross barand follower.

wardly converglifg side-bars, a rear cross Witness my hand this 7th dayof March, 1912. I

, FRANK E. CHASE.

Witnesses:

THEo', L, Porr,

ANNJe- HEIGrE.

pool hall frame having all of while the latter are within-thepool ballframe having all of spring for holding the fol-

